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REDEEMED by the blood of the Lamb of God!
The CHURCH is God's instrumentality thru which, and in which,
He is selecting a people for His name---gathering OUT of "babylon"
---OUT of worldly ways, worldly organizations, various individuals,
---one here, and one there---to repentance, faith in Christ,
receiving of and being led by the Holy Spirit, and having HIS LAWS
written in their minds and hearts---living, individually, a life of
trial and test, of OVERCOMING, that they may be thus fitted and
trained for positions as kings or priests in the KINGDOM OF GOD,
after Christ's second coming!
The CHURCH of God shall then become the KINGDOM of God. It is
the CHURCH which shall be married to the Lamb, establishing God's
GOVERNMENT on earth---restoring the KINGDOM to Israel!
So THE CHURCH is God's instrumentality for overcoming the
FAULT of the Old Covenant. That FAULT was disobedience. The NEW
will be made with those in whose minds and hearts GOD'S LAW has
been written, by His Holy Spirit! (Heb. 8:10).
And the MARRIAGE will not be made with some one organization!
It is THE INDIVIDUAL SAINTS---not some organization---which shall
possess the government, and rule. (Dan 7:18; Rev. 2:20-27; 3:21,
etc.)
His WIFE shall have made herself READY! But how? By a
"re-organization", or some "new movement?" What folly! Read
Ephesians 5:25-27. The CHURCH is the collective body of individual
saints who are sanctified and CLEANSED by Christ. Let us stop
speaking of some organization as "the Church," or "our Church!"
Jesus said, "Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not
planted, shall be ROOTED UP!" Our heavenly Father never planted
any super-organization, or established any church GOVERNMENT, or
set man IN AUTHORITY over either spiritual or financial affairs, in
the New Testament Church.
Any such "plan" was never planted of GOD---and therefore IT
SHALL BE ROOTED UP!
Our fellowship is first with God, and with Christ---then with
each other, in LOVE! The saints, so far as they know one another,
are not to forsake assembling together for their mutual
edification. For this purpose---and that all things may be done
decently and in order---the Scriptures give us instructions for
ordaining local elders and deacons, in every city---every local
congregation, or Church. But there is no super-organization over
and above local congregations IN THE NEW TESTAMENT! And any such
"plant" is certain to be ROOTED UP!
All such organizations and governments came out of BABYLON
---and are today a part of BABYLON!
Brethren, let us have the kind of co-operative FELLOWSHIP,
based on LOVE, that was practiced by the early saints, as recorded
in the Book of Acts. Let us work together, in unselfish effort to
GIVE of the Gospel truth to the world---to GIVE of the "waters of
life" to as many precious souls as we can reach---to GIVE out the
last warning message with great POWER!
But let us drop all effort to BUILD UP A MOVEMENT or AN
ORGANIZATION. Let us quit working FOR organizations, and work FOR
THE LORD---and the salvation of souls!
What has split and divided up the saints in the Church of God?
Nothing but ORGANIZATION---which has led to politics, ministers
lusting for rule and for power---striving against each other,
lining up the brethren on THEIR side, against the other! It is